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Same Author, Same Characters is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on comparing two stories in a series by what stays and what changes, aligned to Common Core standard RL.3.9. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Same Author, Same Characters

RL.3.9

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1.In Story 1, Ruby solves a mystery with a magnifying glass. In Story 2, she solves one by asking questions. What is different?
  • A.How Ruby solves the mystery
  • B.Who the detective is
  • C.That there is a mystery
2.Story 1 is told by Max. Story 2 tells the same day through his sister's eyes. What is the same?
  • A.The events of the day
  • B.The narrator
  • C.What each character thinks about it
3.In Story 1, Tess is shy at her new school. In Story 3, she welcomes a new student herself. What does comparing them show?
  • A.Tess is still too shy to speak
  • B.Tess has moved to a third school
  • C.Tess has grown more confident
4.Both stories by the same author begin with a character finding a strange object. What does that show?
  • A.The author likes to start plots the same way
  • B.The two stories are exactly the same
  • C.The objects are the main characters
5.In Story 1, Hare boasts and loses a race. In Story 2, Hare boasts and falls in a river. What message do both share?
  • A.Races are unfair
  • B.Rivers are dangerous
  • C.Boasting leads to trouble
6.In one Anansi tale he tricks his friends to get food. In another he tricks the Sky God to win all the stories. What is the same in both?
  • A.Anansi uses a trick to get what he wants
  • B.Anansi loses his legs
  • C.Anansi is punished by Rabbit
7.In Story 1, Kit the cat learns to share. In Story 2, Kit learns to tell the truth. What stays the same?
  • A.Kit never changes
  • B.Kit learns a lesson by the end
  • C.The lesson Kit learns
8.In both books about Mr. Pottle, one of his inventions goes wrong in a funny way. What do the plots share?
  • A.Mr. Pottle never invents anything
  • B.An invention causes a funny problem
  • C.Every invention works perfectly

LessonPrint · RL.3.9 · Set 4 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Same Author, Same Characters

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.How Ruby solves the mystery
  2. 2.The events of the day
  3. 3.Tess has grown more confident
  4. 4.The author likes to start plots the same way
  5. 5.Boasting leads to trouble
  6. 6.Anansi uses a trick to get what he wants
  7. 7.Kit learns a lesson by the end
  8. 8.An invention causes a funny problem

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.3.9 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.